Jayanti Kumari And ANR v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Letters Patent Appeal No.1667 of 2016 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2778 of 2013 ======================================================

1. Jayanti Kumari Daughter of Sri Radhey Shyam Poddar Resident of Dharamganj, Ward No. 20, P.S. - Kishanganj, District - Kishanganj

2. Ranjeet Kumar Singh Son of Sri Saheb Singh Resident of Dharamganj, P.S. - Kishanganj, District - Kishanganj ... ... Appellant/s

Versus

The State Of Bihar & Ors ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Appellant/s :

Mr. Kumar Kaushik For the Respondent/s :

Mr. PUSHKAR NARAIN SHAHI-AAG6 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI) 01-12-2017 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

The delay of 200 days is condoned.

I. A. No. 8078 of 2016 is allowed.

Matter is thereafter taken up on merits.

The Learned Single Judge while rejecting the writ application, dated 05.01.2016, has committed no error in refusing to entertain stale claims, which is more than a decade old. That too when the appellants had not raised any grievance about the issue before the Tribunal for a long long time. The Court is not supposed to reach out the litigants, who do not show any level of alertness in enforcement of their right.

Patna High Court LPA No.1667 of 2016(3) dt.01-12-2017 2/2 In addition to that settled position since these matters relate to the appointment of the year 2007 are not required to be altered after more than a decade.

Appeal is dismissed.

(Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J) ( Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J) skm/- U